Conferences and Events: How to benefit from them as a startup

When I began my career eight years ago as a cub-reporter in a national business newspaper, I often wondered why my editor was careful about the conferences he chose to attend. As the junior-most member of the team, I was the default representative for my newspaper in almost every conference that happened in Delhi’s technology and startup ecosystem of the time. I have even attended four conferences in a day. Looking back, I have come to appreciate my editor’s discretion, and also why some smar...